 Its executive producer was Yuan Mei; another producer was Er Yong.The film was based on a novel of the same title written by Yan Yan (), while the film's screenplay was by Li Qiang, a Chinese scriptwriter, who had written the script of the 2005 film "Peacock", directed by Gu Changwei.Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.